[HN Gopher] Death by Coconut
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Death by Coconut
Author : brudgers
Score : 43 points
Date : 2021-12-21 04:34 UTC (18 hours ago)
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| jawmes9 wrote:
| I was taught to always look up when you are under coconut trees
| martingoodson wrote:
| I met a coconut picker in Cuba who had survived a coconut falling
| onto his head. It landed rounded-part down, rather than pointed-
| part down: doctors thought that was probably why he survived.
|
| He told me his vision temporarily went completely red after the
| impact. Probably from hyphema, or blood in the eyes.
| thorin wrote:
| One of Roald Dahl's adult stories featured this, surprised it's
| not mentioned on the wiki.
| 1-6 wrote:
| Sorta like fan deaths in South Korea:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
| bagels wrote:
| Doesn't seem similar at all as there is no reliable evidence of
| fan death being real.
| selimthegrim wrote:
| In Louisiana, the state legislature (SB188 in 1988) indemnified
| injury by coconut to protect the Zulu krewe tradition of throwing
| coconuts at parade goers on Mardi Gras. Surprised that isn't
| mentioned in the legal section.
| umvi wrote:
| > Concern about the risk of fatality due to falling coconuts led
| local officials in Queensland, Australia, to remove coconut trees
| from beaches in 2002
|
| This kind of policy making is like the complete opposite of going
| for the low hanging fruit (figuratively and literally)...
| kerneloftruth wrote:
| Given Australia's response to Covid, this kind of policy-making
| is no surprise, at all. Sad, but not a surprise.
| throwbynight38 wrote:
| Murder by Coconut. Who would have thought?
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalaikoothal
| yongjik wrote:
| I love the warning sign - the tree looks positively malicious.
| Look how it's hurling coconuts at fleeing humans!
| trasz wrote:
| Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
| dougSF70 wrote:
| Per capita, Sri Lanka is a dangerous place for Death-by-Coconut.
| wellthisisgreat wrote:
| Wow apparently you only need to drink 2.5L of coconut water to
| get hospitalized or die (if you aren't hospitalized). I love the
| beverage and could easily drink that, especially during exercise
| (which is also the worst time to drink it).
| c_o_n_v_e_x wrote:
| Coconuts were removed in certain areas around Mumbai before Obama
| visited
|
| https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11684382
| hristov wrote:
| It seems a lot of these death by coconut stories are stories of
| animal abuse and subsequent revenge. Don't f#ck with a monkey.
| stef25 wrote:
| One time I was watching a ceremony on a stage in Mali, sitting
| outdoors among coconut trees and every now and then one came
| crashing down hitting the floor with an almighty crunch.
| Foreigners laughed nervously. No doubt if that hits on the head
| you're dead. Couldn't wait to get the hell out of there.
| dominotw wrote:
| > monkey used to harvest coconuts from trees
|
| there is no limit to human depravity.
| sdoering wrote:
| My uncle once told me the story of how he learned not to ignore
| these signs. He survived a coconut hitting his head while he was
| relaxing in the half shade provided by the palm.
|
| The locals referred to him as the man with the head stronger than
| a coconut. But he was really lucky, that the coconut had not hung
| higher up.
|
| When retelling the story he really always emphasized how damn
| lucky he was to have survived this.
| netule wrote:
| Reminds me of the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, who was
| purportedly killed by having a turtle shell dropped on his head
| by a vulture who mistook his bald head for a rock.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus
| major505 wrote:
| well, if you gonna die in a stupid way, it might as well be in
| a way that have people thinking how the hell that happened.
| major505 wrote:
| In Brazil you have to be carefull with coconuts and Jackfruit.
|
| I grew up with a Jackfruit tree in my backyard. Damn thuig almost
| killed my mom's Chihuahua.
| selimthegrim wrote:
| In the Indian subcontinent, the equivalent statement to "Don't
| count your chickens before the eggs have hatched" is "The
| jackfruit's still in the tree, don't oil your lips just yet"
| since the jackfruit exterior is obviously sticky when you cut
| it
| lapetitejort wrote:
| For those unaware, jackfruits are huge. They're usually sold in
| quarters or eighths in US supermarkets. That's already plenty
| of jackfruit. Then you have to pick out the egg-sized seeds,
| which has the feeling of performing a C-section. Afterwards,
| the meat is mild and tasty.
| croo wrote:
| This reads like something straight from hitchhiker's guide. I had
| to check the citations to make sure this is not a great troll
| page. It even includes a whale death by coconut! I'm at a loss of
| words that this wiki page exist in such detail.
| [deleted]
| athenot wrote:
| For those curious about how to code this in ICD-10:
| W20.8XXA Morbidity from strike by thrown, projected or falling
| inanimate object, initial encounter.
|
| And probably associated with this place of encounter:
| Y92.832 Beach as the place of occurrence of the external cause.
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